To protect the health of the brain, it is necessary to avoid smoking and alcohol, as well as regularly engage in physical exercises. This was announced in an interview with “Anadrola” by the teacher of the Department of Neurology University Gazi in Ankara Prof. Aisha Bora Toxaire.
She noted that brain diseases have a very wide spectrum and can be observed in all age groups.
According to her, various disorders are included in the group of diseases of the brain, from headaches to stroke, from degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer and Parkinson’s diseases, to epilepsy.
“Cerebrovascular diseases are more common, especially in people over 60 years old. This age is also a risk factor for the development of Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases,” Tokchaer emphasized.
She believes that there are modified risk factors, as well as unchanged risk factors, such as genetic status and age, in relation to cerebrovascular diseases. This risk, according to the professor, also increase smoking, hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol.
Tokchaer said that headaches can have many different causes and can be observed in all age groups.
According to her, headaches are one of the most common diseases.
Tokchaer explains that there are headaches that are divided into the first and second categories.
“If a person often has a headache or if the severity of this pain varies from light to moderate or even strong enough to violate everyday work, we recommend that you immediately contact a neurologist. Not all headaches can be neurological, they can have hypertension or can be hypertension or The reasons associated with the hill-and-cut ear, but the neurologist will send the patient to the corresponding department after examining the patient, ”she said.
She said that in order to protect brain health, it is necessary to avoid smoking and alcohol, as well as regularly engage in physical exercises.
“It is very important to do physical exercises part of life since childhood. But it’s not too late for anyone; even people who have previously trained, performing physical activity corresponding to their body and performance, protect against degenerative diseases and cerebrovascular diseases,” – said Tokchaer.